The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-09-01
VIRGINIA REPUBLICANS
Issue oh Address to the People of the State.

ISSUE on Address to the People OF the State.
PErERsBCRG, Va, August 22.-Thc adj
| dress Of the Republican State Committee of
Virginia to the people of the State is made
| public to-day. 1t is intended as counter
| blast against the Roanoke platform, which
| II calls lin reality q series of apologies for
| broken pledges" 1t says that it has not
| been the custom of the Republican party
| to assemble in State Convention at other
| times than when necessary to nominate IA
| State ticket or send delegates to a National
Convention. This party has no account Of
any stewardship to render since for four
| years it has had no control over the admin
| istrniOn Of State affairs. Meanwhile Re-
| publican principles have not changed since
they were formally announced by The State
| Convention in 1880
| The principles Of the Virginia Rcpubli-
cans are the same rs those OF the National
| Republican party. Having neither done
nor omitted anything in the discharge of
| any duty of trust which needs explanation
| or apology, the reasons nccCsSitating the
| Roanoke convention do not exist as to the
| Republican party of this State. Ncvcrthc-
! less, the committee resolved to present this
address, setting forth certain leading facts
| Oh political history, COntradiCtinG the state
mcnlS OF the Roanoke platform, and ask
VirginiauS to ponder them well before they
| again exercise the right of suffrage. II
| lhcn deals with statements Of that platform
| III tie order in which they are made The
| honnnkc Endorsement of ClcvclnndS ad
ninsli;tlun il holds to be insinccrc and in
| consistent with demands for Il rcnCul OF thr
| inter i revenue system, and the passage of
!hc .'Iair education bill because the 0ppo-
Iu"n OF MIR. Cleveland to the first, and his
| IArh ot endorsement of the second arc
| .,Nt 4
| OK" uti>rrnVrS upon these sub iccts arc in
: onlNHlMun to the general policy Of the
! Democratic party. On the other hand
! MS mi'ir'> $ dcclarcS that the Republican
| party Is ~" practically united in favor of
| the rrpCM Ol the tax on lOhaC, and rruil
! distributions; and that if restored TO power
| 1t VIII rrnOVr the burden which these do
| h>>'lc products have So long endured; rs
to t;r iarif platform Of the koanokc con
Vcnii'n II is held to be at variance with the
record oi thc National Democratic party.
tit lraNcrscS the national platform of the
party its recommendation Of its President
and The propositions Of its controlling fac
tons in Congress. The Roanoke plat form
| dCChTcS in Favor of revenue derived from,
tariff on imports and in favor of the rcDynI
OF me internal revenue system, while the
record OF the Democratic party of this
| country, consistently and unwavcringly.
! shows that the reverse is Democratic doc.
trim.
In rCgald 10 the State debt the address
| says that @ll that has ever been done toward;
its settlement, that has been of Practical
| Nat"r, WAS done while the RcpubliCanS con
Ir"I'ri the State, and all efforts Of the Dem
ocrary since they have been in power have
fenced Ia uuScttlc and undo what W as ac
CON. .pliHhcd by the Republicans, and the
result is that the finances Of the State arc
in hopeless muddlC. 1t also CHARGES tho
| Democracy with cNtraVN2anCc and mis-
,l management Ill the administration of mcn.
rrhi Ailalr8. 1t throws cold water upon the
suggestion Of federal aid in the debt settle
mcnt. AS to the promised aid for disabled
soldiers and their widows, it says the Re
publican party will ChcCrmlly unite i'm
every such effort in the future, rs it has in
| lhc past, hut 1t warns the people of Virginia
thA' II me party noW in power is allowed
| To remain in control its inCompclcnCy and
be appropriated for the relief Of soldiers
and their widows.
| Touching the dCnunCiatiOn Of the surplus
IN the Treasury, the people Of Virginia arc
| reminded that an accumulation Of this sur
| pN'N was the leading count in the DcmOc-
| rAcNS S indictment of the Republicans in the
campaign of 1891, and some further ap0lo.
&IcS and explanations, it says, will doubt.
tess he called for from the Democratic
leaders @s to why this surplus is SO much
| larger now under Democratic udministra-
ton than it was three years ago a sar-
| cGst" enumeration is made Of the BLESSINGS
enjoyed under Democratic rule. Refer.
! cncc is made to the results of last years
Congressional elections and to the Tcccn;
Kentucky election, and the address closes
| as fullowS;
"Cndismayed by these evidences OF the
popularity f1Dcmocratic rule, and trust.
ing that we may be forgiven if we disturb
the happiness of "A class of persons known
to us who are in the enjoyment of these
blcsyings-to wit, the the Democratic office
hoIdcrs-wc respectfully submit this ad
dress to the people Of Virginia, in the hope
and belief that before they resolve to vote
again with the Democratic managers Of this
State, they will ponder these Statements,
and, recurring to the past, contrast our
present condition with the prosperity and
content which covered our land under the
administration Of the Republican party"